YARRALINDA SCHOOL Yarralinda School is one of the hidden treasures of education set on 6 acres of hillside land, on the fringes of Melbourne’s outer Eastern suburbs. With sweeping views across the valley to the Dandenongs it is an idyllic location for a school where the children are free to be themselves. Boasting a newly surfaced multi-sports open courtyard and other features as the result of very welcome government funding the school offers our students plenty of space to run around and explore. Yarralinda is an independent, co-educational, primary school, registered by the Victorian Registration & Qualifications Authority and is inclusive of all faiths and cultures. It is part of the Applied Scholastics International network, comprising 800 schools worldwide, with a unique teaching and study method that is 100% workable when correctly applied. From his research into the field of study and learning, Mr. L. Ron Hubbard devised Study Technology and granted Applied Scholastics the right to use and disseminate it to help improve educational systems and supply more effective methods of teaching and learning. This method recognizes that children are born with the enthusiasm and ability to learn and become frustrated, bored and rebellious when they run into barriers to learning. Teaching them about these barriers, how to recognize them and how to overcome them results in enthusiastic, confident and independent learners. Each student is regularly interviewed to ensure they have a sound purpose for their education because it is aligned to their own goals in life. Specific features of the school are its smaller classes, friendly and approachable teachers and individual one-on-one attention, whenever needed, to ensure that each student attains his academic potential. Many excursions are integrated into the school year so that lessons are related to real life and learning is made fun and interesting. Literacy and numeracy assessments are conducted in our Quality Assurance area, to ensure that the student is correctly..